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G. TURNER 85 J. lVLHl `VENOUR.

WHEEL.

.Patented Nov. 6, 1894.

NITED STATES PATENT Errea GEORGE TURNER AND JAMES MALCOLM HAMILTONVENOUR, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,575, dated November6, 1894.

Application tiled January 20, 1894. Serial No. 497.481. (No model.)Patented in England February 16, 1893, No. 3,458.

To all whom itv may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE TURNER, engineer, residing at 219 IvydaleRoad, and JAMES MALCOLM HAMILTON VENOUR, gentleman,residing at 156Ivydale Road, Nunhead, in the county of Surrey,England, subjects of HerMajesty the Queen of Great Britain, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wheels, (for which we have applied for a patent in GreatBritain, bearing date February 16, 1893, No. 3,45S,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

The improvements in and in connection with wheels constituting ourinvention, consist of the mannerin which we construct the hub, or theaccessories we employ in connection with the hub when applied tobicycles,

tricycles, and similar manumotive machines,

or in the construction of the nave, when applied to the wheels of carts,carriages and other road vehicles, the Object of our said inventionbeing in both cases to provide a maximum of elasticity to preventvibration, without reducing the general and necessary stability of thewheel, as compared with the methods and means of constructing suchwheels hitherto employed.

. In the drawings, Figure 1, is a part sectional and side viewnof theinvention. Fig. 2, is a transverse section of the upper part of Fig. 1,and Fig. 3, is an end view thereof.v

We prefer to cast or otherwise provide the box K, integrally withtheiiange B, and arrange the flange B', to screw upon the opposite endof K. The cylinder E, inner cylinder J, and radial partitions f, weprefer to cast or Otherwise provide in one piece, placing in betweenthese blocks of rubber or other resilient material g, surrounding thebolts o, these being passed through resilient washers C, placed upon theinner surfaces of B, and B', and connected to B, B by nuts d.

If the wheel is to carry wooden spokes after the manner of carriagewheels generally, we tix upon or form integrally with the cylinder E, acollar L, in which are formeda sufficient number of sockets M, taperedinternally to receive the tapered ends of the spokes N, and when theseare placed in position, the fellies may be fitted thereto, and themetallic tire shrunk upon these in the usual way. The ange B, would beprovided with a lubricant retaining ridge h, and arranged to receive anaxle cap j, and be finished with a fancy rlm k, after the manner of suchwheels generally.

By this arrangement for building a cart or carriage wheel nave the boxK, flanges B, and B', and thebolts c, remain always constant and irmlyconnected together, the vehicle and its load being virtually suspendedby the elastic substance or substances g, the upward thrust imparted toE, through the spokes N, from the tread of the wheel, and the downwardthrust of the box K, and its attachments, occasioned by the weight ofthe vehicle and its contents causing the compression of the material g,below K, and the expansion of same above K, such expansion andcompression of g, being continually alternating across the crosssectional diameter of the nave, during the rotation of the wheel.

Having now particularly described'and ascertained the nature of oursaidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed,

we declare that what we claim is A wheel comprising the box K castintegral with the flange B at one end and having the flange B screwedupon its other en d, the bolts connecting the anges, the inner and Outercylinders J E extending concentrically about .the box and connected byradial partitions f GEORGE TURNER. JAMES MALCOLM HAMILTON VENOUR.

Witnesses:

GEO. THOs. HYDE, S. J. EARL.

